PLO Official Says Palestinians Will Seek to Join International Court

Barghouti Says Abbas Has Authority to Pursue Membership in Court, but Fatah Politician Denies Such a Move Is at Hand

By

Joe Lauria

Updated April 29, 2014 7:06 p.m. ET

UNITED NATIONS—A Palestinian official on Tuesday said the International Criminal Court is among the 63 international agencies and treaties the Palestine Liberation Organization will seek to join amid the collapse of peace talks with Israel.

"We will proceed with the [United Nations] treaties and gradually join different agencies and the last will be the International Criminal Court," said Mustafa Barghouti, a member of the PLO's central council, in a conference call with reporters. Such a move would allow the...